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The Multi Skilled David McDonald

David G. McDonald, a husband to Malinda and a father of six serves as the President and COO (Chief Operating Officer) at OSI group and a member of the board of directors. He has worked as the project manager at OSI Industries, as the chairperson of North American Meat Institute and has also been an Independent Director at Malfrig Global Foods since 2008 after the company acquired OSI Group operations in Brazil and Europe. Mr. McDonald, also known as Dave also serves as Director of OSI International foods based in Australia. He has served this company for over three decades and overseen the tremendous growth.

Dave was born and brought up on a farm in North East Iowa. He graduated from Iowa State University in the year 1987, among his achievements, Dave became the recipient of the Wallace E. Barron Senior Award and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science. He commenced his career with OSI Industries in Chicago after graduating from the university. While in the industry, he worked his way up to become the company’s President and COO (Chief Operating Officer).

Mr. McDonald is a talent and multiscale person through which he has been able to scale through to the presidency and over the years gained more skills. He is an expert in the food industry, food processing, product development, food service, manufacturing, supply chain management, new business development, strategic planning, food and many more. These are just a fraction of the fields he is comfortable handling anytime.

Since his appointment to the presidency, through his effectual and successful partnerships, he has been able to strike a balance with every customer in different regions through individual partners who have knowledge of the culture of the company thus influencing decisions and expenditures. These dynamics have proven positive with the spread of the company globally. Areas that have been reached include Poland where he launched a beef facility, India through a frozen foods processing plant, and Shandon by introducing a modern feed mill.

Other developments include the spread into different markets such as Hungary and Geneva. OSI through Dave’s presidency has also been able to acquire Flagship Europe. A known UK food service supplier. Adding this service has given OSI business presence in Europe. Flagship Europe brands and products complement OSI’s processing strengths thus broadening the market and increasing the capabilities to serve the evolving needs of customers.

OSI, through the leadership of the well able David McDonald for the last three decades have shown remarkable improvements and created a reach globally that has taken the company to another level in meant production.